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Stephen Fleming didn't sugar-coat it. Sanju Samson's arrival at Chennai Super Kings is as much about fixing today as it is about planning for tomorrow -- a tomorrow that will eventually arrive without MS Dhoni. CSK doubled down on succession planning ahead of the IPL 2026 auction by making a seismic call: trading franchise icon Ravindra Jadeja to Rajasthan Royals to land Samson, one of India's premier keeper-batters. Jadeja left Chennai after 200 games in yellow; Samson arrived on November 15 o ...Read More >
Rider Siddhesh Pardeshi (19), a class VII drop out, was arrested on Sunday Thane: A Rapido bike taxi rider was arrested in Kalyan in Thane district for allegedly molesting a 26-year-old woman passenger and stealing Rs 1000 from her, a police official said on Monday. Rider Siddhesh Pardeshi (19), a class VII drop out, was arrested on Sunday for the incident which took place on Saturday, Mahatma Phule police station senior inspector Baliramsingh Pardeshi said. "The accused picked up the victim ...Read More >
UP CM Yogi Adityanath lauded the Provincial Armed Constabulary on its foundation day, recalling their valour in thwarting the 2001 Parliament and 2005 Ayodhya terror attacks. He praised their 78-year history of discipline and dedication. Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath congratulated the Provincial Armed Constabulary of UP on its foundation day as he recalled the valour of PAC personnel who were stationed at the Parliament during the December 13, 2001, terror attack. "I recall that ...Read More >
The crime came to light after Tahira and the two girls went missing for six days. Farooq's father approached the police after receiving unclear and suspicious replies from his son about their whereabouts. A man allegedly killed his wife and two young daughters following a dispute related to his wife not wearing a burqa in Uttar Pradesh's Shamli, police said on Wednesday. The bodies of the three victims were later found buried in a seven-foot-deep pit in the courtyard of their house. The accuse ...Read More >
Mumbai: In another twist in the legal battle involving Bharat Forge chairman Baba Kalyani and his sister Sugandha Hiremath, the Bombay high court on Monday allowed Sugandha's children to amend their lawsuit. The HC order enables them to seek a restraint on voting rights attached to shares of Kalyani Group companies that were acquired using funds from the Kalyani Hindu Undivided Family (HUF). The court also granted permission to Sugandha's children Sameer Hiremath and his sister Pallavi Swadi to ...Read More >
A New York taxi driver playing an episode of "The Don Lemon Show" on his phone as he drove was shocked when his passenger revealed himself to be... Don Lemon. The taxi driver said, "No," and glanced backward in the rearview mirror before turning around fully with his mouth open and the vehicle still coasting forward. He let out a loud guffaw of laughter as the car came to a stop. "My man," the driver said, reaching back to shake Lemon's hand. "He was extremely friendly," Lemon told Newsweek i ...Read More >
Despite a stellar domestic career and a recent Test debut for India, Mumbai's Sarfaraz Khan went unsold in the 2026 IPL auction. His journey, marked by early records and consistent Ranji Trophy performances, has not translated into consistent IPL franchise interest. Franchises have shown hesitation due to T20 inconsistencies and a preference for younger talent. Mumbai prodigy Sarfaraz Khan, known for his batting in domestic cricket, went unsold in the 2026 IPL auction. Despite a career that has ...Read More >
World's Top 'Visa-Free' Islands For Indians To Visit In 2026 - Check Full List India's T20I captain Suryakumar Yadav is facing one of the toughest phases of his international career, with his prolonged dip in form now threatening his place in the ICC T20I batting top 10 for the first time in nearly four years. Once regarded as the most destructive batter in the shortest format, Suryakumar's recent struggles have significantly impacted his rankings. The latest ICC update shows him hovering dange ...Read More >
At a valuation of ₹3.2 lakh crore, Deepinder Goyal of Eternal (formerly Zomato Ltd) has topped the list of self-made entrepreneur in the IDFC FIRST Private & Hurun India's Top 200 Self-made Entrepreneurs of the Millennia 2025. Eternal's valuation has gone up by 27% from last year's report. Radhakishan Damani of Avenue Supermarts (DMart), last year's No. 1, has slipped to second place with a valuation of ₹3 lakh crore, down 13% from last year. Estranged co-founders Rahul Bhatia and Rakesh Ga ...Read More >
Road accident victims will be entitled to cashless medical care of up to Rs 1.5 lakh for the first seven days, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari told the Rajya Sabha. In what can be described as a major push to remove cost-related delays in emergency care, Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari told the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday that road accident victims across the country will now be eligible for cashless medical treatment of up to Rs 1.5 lakh for the first seven days of hospitali ...Read More >
Kolkata, Dec 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) One more person has been arrested in connection with the vandalism during Lionel Messi's event at Salt Lake Stadium on December 13, taking the number of those arrested to six, the Bidhannagar police said on Wednesday. Meanwhile, a Special Investigation Team (SIT), formed by the West Bengal government on Tuesday, began its probe into the matter. According to police sources, the sixth arrest was made late on Tuesday night. The arrested person has been identified ...Read More >
Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar said on Monday that he will seek more time from the Delhi Police to appear in connection with the National Herald case, citing the ongoing Karnataka Assembly winter session. Shivakumar said he plans to present himself before investigators only after the session concludes on December 19. Speaking to reporters in New Delhi, Shivakumar said he would formally request a copy of the first information report (FIR), noting that he has so far learned about t ...Read More >
KSH International's Rs 710-crore IPO drew muted interest on day one, garnering 15% subscription and zero grey market premium, despite a strong anchor round and solid growth outlook. The Rs 710-crore KSH International IPO witnessed modest investor interest on the first day of bidding, with the issue garnering only 15% subscription. The IPO received bids for 19.87 lakh shares against the total issue size of 1.36 crore shares. In the grey market, the IPO is currently trading at a zero premium ove ...Read More >
India is the second-biggest smartphone market with 730 million devices. On average, Indians consume 21 gigabytes of data each month, paying 9.2 cents per gigabyte, one of the world's lowest mobile data rates.OpenAI, Google and Perplexity have begun an unprecedented fight for artificial intelligence users in India, rolling out freebies in a strategy seen as a way to harvest troves of multilingual training data in the world's most populous nation. India is the second-biggest smartphone market wit ...Read More >
Nitin Nabin has taken charge as the Bharatiya Janata Party's national working president. He expressed gratitude for the support from his state and constituency. Nabin thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi and senior BJP leaders for the opportunity. Bihar BJP Minister Dilip Jaiswal highlighted Nabin's young age as an inspiration for Indian youth. Nitin Nabin, the newly appointed Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national working president, assumed charge of his official duties at the party headquarter ...Read More >
Agra: Thirteen people were charred to death and more than 100 suffered injuries in a deadly pile-up involving 18-19 vehicles - including eight passenger buses, cars and SUVs - on the Yamuna Expressway in UP's Mathura district early Tuesday.The accident was reported around 3.40am near milestone 127 under Baldeo police station. Sources said a car and a bus first collided, and as these two vehicles stopped on the road, others coming from the Agra side and heading towards Noida started piling up one ...Read More >
Elections were held to elect members of 347 zones of 22 zila parishads and 2,838 zones of 153 panchayat samitis, for which more than 9,000 candidates are in the fray, officials said. A voter turnout of 48.40 per cent was recorded in the zila parishad and panchayat samiti elections in Punjab Sunday, amid reports of violence, booth capturing, and clashes, which prompted the State Election Commission (SEC) to order repoll at 15 polling booths on December 16. Elections were held to elect members of ...Read More >
The squads for the 2026 Indian Premier League are now finalised after a auction in Abu Dhabi. This is how each of the 10 teams line up for the 19th season of the tournament. *denotes overseas player MS Dhoni, Anshul Kamboj, Gurjapneet Singh, Jamie Overton*, Mukesh Choudhary, Nathan Ellis*, Noor Ahmad*, Ramakrishna Ghosh, Sanju Samson, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shivam Dube, Shreyas Gopal, Syed Khaleel Ahmed, Ayush Mhatre, Dewald Brevis*, Urvil Patel, Kartik Sharma, Prashant Veer, Rahul Chahar, Matt Hen ...Read More >
Sirsa said PUCC status and vehicle categories will be verified using Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) systems, along with physical checks on the ground. Vehicles without a valid Pollution Under Control Certificate (PUCC) will not be supplied fuel at petrol pumps in Delhi starting December 18, Delhi Environment Minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa said according to a report by ANI. Addressing a press conference, Sirsa said all petrol, diesel and CNG pump dealers in the national capital have ...Read More >
India offers countless ways to make your Christmas unforgettable. ShowQuick Read Summary is AI-generated, newsroom-reviewed * Christmas in India is celebrated with lights, music, and festive markets across major cities * Delhi's Connaught Place and Sacred Heart Cathedral are key Christmas celebration spots * Mumbai's Mount Mary Basilica and Marine Drive offer vibrant festivities and serene walks Did our AI summary help? Let us know. Switch To Beeps Mode Christmas in India is a season of ...Read More >
Seasonal crop fires across northern India are increasingly ignited later daily, satellite scientists warn, complicating monitoring and air quality assessments during the October to December stubble-burning season, NASA said on 2025-12-16. For decades, smoke corridors have stretched across the Indo-Gangetic Plain each autumn. Farmers traditionally burned rice residue soon after harvest completion. In 2025, the season's overall spread appeared broadly familiar. Yet scientists observed a clear shi ...Read More >
Attero is also planning international facilities for dismantling and Lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery recycling, drawing on the same technology models being developed for India. NEW DELHI: India's leading e-waste recycling company is investing ₹150-crore to enhance recycling capacity by 1 lakh tonnes annually, and would nearly double the existing headcount by employing about 800 additional workforce, a top company executive said. "We are investing ₹150 crore to increase our e-waste recycling ca ...Read More >
The political face-off over the Chandrababu Naidu government's move to develop medical colleges under the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) model has escalated into a full-blown political war between the ruling NDA and the YSR Congress party. While the YSRCP launched protests across the state and collected 1 crore signatures against the PPP move, TDP MP raised strong counterarguments in Parliament on Monday. Former Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy is scheduled to submit the signatures to the ...Read More >
The Bihar Staff Selection Commission (BSSC) has increased the number of vacancies for the 2nd Inter Level Recruitment 2025. The recruitment drive, which earlier had 23,175 posts, will now fill a total of 24,492 positions. This means 1,317 additional vacancies have been added, giving more candidates a chance to apply. Along with the increase in vacancies, BSSC has also extended the application deadline. Candidates can now submit their online applications till January 15, 2026, while the last dat ...Read More >
Chief Economic Adviser (CEA) V Anantha Nageswaran on Thursday said India could emerge as a global destination for learning, research and ideas in an uncertain world if the momentum under the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 is backed by a strong reform push from state governments. Why is global higher education at a turning point? His remarks come as the global higher education landscape is being reshaped, with traditional academic hubs facing demographic decline, fiscal pressures and tigh ...Read More >
Mumbai: The Bombay HC on Tuesday said it was inclined to allow human rights activist Gautam Navlakha to shift to his house in Delhi till the trial in the Elgar Parishad Maoist links case begins.Navlakha is not a "flight risk" as there have not been any instances where he tried to escape, high court said, adding he felt he was forced to stay in Mumbai and also that he was completely uprooted from his life and social circle. Navlakha was granted bail in 2023 by HC but a condition was imposed that ...Read More >
India spinner Varun Chakravarthy has etched his name in the history books, becoming the highest-rated bowler from his country in the ICC T20I rankings. Chakravarthy surpassed pacer Jasprit Bumrah in the latest rankings update on Wednesday, 17 December, achieving his career-best rating. Bumrah had previously held the record as the highest-rated Indian bowler in T20Is, reaching a career-best 783 rating points on 1 February 2017, following his brilliant spell of 3/14 against England. However, Chak ...Read More >
The Sustainable Harnessing and Advancement of Nuclear Energy for Transforming India (SHANTI) Bill, which seeks to open the civil nuclear power sector for private participation and overhaul the liability regime, could be taken up for discussion on Wednesday. New Delhi: The Congress on Tuesday issued a whip in Lok Sabha, mandating its MPs to be present in the Lower House for the next three days as key legislations such as the VB-G RAM G and a new bill to overhaul laws governing India's civil nucl ...Read More >
Asked about the Messi incident, Banerjee said that the state government has taken action. New Delhi: Trinamool Congress national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Tuesday said the West Bengal government has taken action following the chaos during an event involving Argentine soccer star Lionel Messi, adding that Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had apologised within an hour of the incident. Talking to media in the Parliament complex, Banerjee also said they were not satisfied with the mann ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: In a boost to India's rotary wing combat capabilities, the Army is set to get delivery of three remaining Apache AH-64 attack helicopters from US, while the Navy will commission its second squadron of MH-60R Seahawk submarine-hunting choppers this week.The induction of these much-delayed American helicopters will plug existing operational gaps but the real punch will come when the Army and IAF begin getting 156 indigenous 'Prachand' light combat helicopters from 2028 onwards.Armed for ...Read More >
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